Shawls and blankets will be distributed to the poor: Divya

Simple deeds can make a difference and Adilabad District Collector D Divya has shown how it can be done. Setting a new trend, Divya on Monday appealed to all those who wished to greet her on the occasion of New Year to bring shawls and blankets instead of flower bouquets. Her call evoked good response from various quarters of society on Tuesday.

Officials belonging to various departments, voluntary organisations, employees’ associations, political and farmers’ leaders and business establishments made a beeline to her camp office. They conveyed New Year greetings to her by giving shawls and blankets as per her request.

Divya said the request evoked an encouraging response and she was overwhelmed by the kind act of various sections of society. She said the shawls and blankets will be distributed to the poor, abandoned, destitute, orphans and roadside dwellers, who were struggling to handle the severe cold conditions prevailing in the district.Officials working at the camp office said that quite a large number of shawls and blankets had been collected. Some employees and voluntary organisations brought dozens of winter wear responding to the request. They are sufficient to help all the needy, an official said.

Superintendent of Police Vishu S Warrier, Zilla Parishad Chief Executive Officer Jithender Reddy, DRDO Rathod Rajeshwar, Revenue Divisional Officers Surya Narayana and Vinod Kumar, DSPs Narasimha Reddy and Venkatesh, several inspectors, Tahsildars, politicians Soyam Bapu Rao, Gandrath Sujatha and many others extended greetings to Divya and brought shawls and blankets.Leaders of associations belonging to Revenue, Panchayat Raj, TNGOs, IV Class employees, PACS, Minorities employees, working journalists met the IAS officer and conveyed their greetings. Officials from Andhra Bank, SBI, DCCB and Bank of Maharashtra, SC, BC welfare, housing, education, water grid, marketing, forest, animal husbandry, municipal, jail departments jumped onto the bandwagon.

Similarly, representatives of voluntary organisations Dove, Rama Ashok Charitable Trust, doctors of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), promoters of Mahindra Coolers, Vishnu Computers and leaders of Tribal Organisations joined the cause.Caption: Collector Divya Devarajan takes a look at the blankets and shawls brought by officials of various departments, voluntary organisations and politicians, members of employees’s bodies, in Adilabad on Tuesday.

ZP Chief Executive Officer Jithender Reddy presents a dozen of blankets to Collector D Divya and conveyed New Year greetings in Adilabad on Tuesday